Soreide Law Investigating Ameriprise For Unsuitability And Misrepresentation Soreide Law Group is investigating claims of unsuitability and misrepresentation on behalf of customers who invested with Ameriprise Financial Services brokers and financial advisors including John Anthony Gruber, Johnny Gin Yang Ng and Douglas Dinzik. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (CRD#: 6363, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an investment adviser […]

Securities Regulator Finds Justin Amaral Churned Investor Accounts Justin Amaral (CRD#: 4440980, Boston, Massachusetts) is a prior Morgan Stanley securities broker (June 1, 2009 to May 7, 2014) that was referenced in a State of New Hampshire Department of State Bureau of Securities Regulation Consent Order #149777 in which Morgan Stanley agreed to pay three […]

Wells Fargo Broker David Jay Homan Guilty Of Misappropriation David Jay Homan (CRD#: 1516973, Bay City, Michigan) is a prior financial advisor of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC who entered a guilty plea to felony embezzlement. Homan pleaded guilty on November 21, 2018 in a Bay County, Michigan Court, and now faces 15 years behind bars. […]

FINRA Bars TCFG Broker Charles Acheson Laverty From Securities Industry Charles Acheson Laverty (CRD#: 4875386, Newport Beach, California) is a former TCFG Wealth Management LLC securities representative who is now barred from the securities industry by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) pursuant to Hearing Panel Decision #2016050205901 dated November 13, 2018.  The Hearing Panel […]

Quest Capital Strategies’ Frank Dietrich Barred For Selling Away Frank Dietrich (CRD#: 2506091, Lake Forest, California), who is a former Quest Capital Strategies securities broker, just got barred from the securities industry by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) for engaging in private securities transactions, according to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent #2018057197801 […]

Morgan Stanley’s James Polese Dealt Prison Sentence For Fraud James Polese (CRD#: 2636427, Boston, Massachusetts), who is a prior Morgan Stanley investment advisor, is going to prison for committing fraud. Polese pleaded guilty to eight counts of felony bank fraud, one count of felony conspiracy, one count of investment adviser fraud, and one count of […]

IFS Broker Richard Grant Cody Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges Richard Grant Cody (CRD#: 2794558, Spring Lake, New Jersey), a former IFS Securities registered representative, has pleaded guilty to the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts’ charges of Cody committing investment advisor fraud against retired investors in the state of Massachusetts, and making […]

Soreide Law Group Investigating IMS Securities For Unsuitability Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of investors who purchased investments from IMS Securities, Inc. (CRD#: 35567, Houston, Texas) – a brokerage firm that has been expelled by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) for failing to pay a fine. FINRA fined the firm pursuant […]

Merrill Lynch Broker Christopher Lee Hibbard Indicted For Fraud Christopher Lee Hibbard (CRD#: 3176484, Louisville, Kentucky) is a prior registered representative of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) who was indicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on nine counts of wire fraud and one count […]